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Welcome to the Companion Site for Patterson, Hennessy: Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 5th Edition.

This site contains supplemental materials and other resources to accompany Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface 5e. Below are descriptions of the content available on this site. To access the content, please click the tabs in the navigation bar to the left.

Supplements for the Fourth Edition. If you are still using the Fourth Edition, you can access the supplements for that title by following these links.

Historical Perspectives with References. For each chapter in the text, there is a section devoted to a historical perspective, together with references.

Advanced Content. These are full-length sections covering advanced topics. These sections are introduced in each chapter of the text and can be found here.

References Appendices. These appendices are available in PDF and include:

Appendix C: Graphics and Computing GPUs

Appendix D: Mapping Control to Hardware

Appendix E: A Survey of RISC Architectures for Desktop, Server, and Embedded Computers

Glossary. Terms that are introduced and defined in the text are collected in this searchable PDF document.

Index. A complete index of the text and online content, in a searchable PDF format.

Further Reading. References are organized by the chapter they support in this PDF document.

Link to the instructor-only materials. The instructor-only materials, including solutions to all exercises, figures from the text, and lecture slides are available to instructors who register at our textbook Web site.